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Dreaming Bigger
Body Liberation and Weight Inclusivity in Health Care
From: The Care We Dream Of
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The author begins with a vision of a fat-inclusive health care system, continues with her experiences with health care and diet culture, and a call to redefine disordered eating. She aims to create a world where people in larger bodies are afferded the same respect and priviledges granted to people in smaller bodies.
Contributors
Sand C. Chang
Sand C. Chang, PhD, (they/them/their) is a Chinese American genderfluid/nonbinary/femme psychologist, trainer, and Body Trust Provider in practice for over fifteen years and residing on Chochenyo Ohlone land. Sand coauthored A Clinician’s Guide to Gender-Affirming Care (New Harbinger, 2018) and the American Psychological Association’s “Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People” (2015). Sand is a board member and section editor for Trans Bodies, Trans Selves, chapter author of the forthcoming WPATH SOC8, and cofounder of The Gender Affirming Letter Access Project (The GALAP), a movement to make mental health letters for trans health care financially accessible. Sand’s work is focused on intersectional body liberation as it relates to trans health, sexuality, disordered eating, and somatic trauma recovery. Outside of work, Sand is a dancer, food top, punoff competitor, and small-dog enthusiast.
